12:16 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Cricket South Africa (CSA) has rescheduled the experimental 3TeamCricket (3TC) competition, which will flag off the resumption of cricket in the country, to July 18 – also celebrated as Nelson Mandela International Day. Three teams – led by Kagiso Rabada, Quinton de Kock and AB de Villiers – will all
Month: July 2020
3:00 AM ET After guiding Fulham to the Europa League final, Roy Hodgson arrived to take over at Liverpool as Rafael Benitez’s successor on July 1, 2010, but it was a dream job that quickly turned into a nightmare. 2 Related Top of his to-do list was keeping the club’s best players — Steven Gerrard,
7:39 PM ET Barcelona coach Quique Setien said bringing Antoine Griezmann on earlier against Atletico Madrid risked “destabilising” the team after leaving the Frenchman on the bench for the third time in four games. Griezmann came on in second-half stoppage time against his former side as Barca were held to a 2-2 draw which further
12:41 AM ET Saint-Etienne have been left frustrated by Arsenal‘s demands over a loan extension of defender William Saliba, who will now miss out on the Coupe de France final. In a statement published late on Tuesday night, the Ligue 1 club cited “unacceptable sporting and financial conditions” that Arsenal tried to impose for Saliba
11:42 PM ET Steve KimESPN Alex Saucedo scored a hard-earned decision junior welterweight victory over Sonny Fredrickson in the main event of Top Rank’s card Tuesday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Punch Stats Punches Saucedo Fredrickson Total landed 318 172 Total thrown 885 584 Percent 36% 30% Jabs landed 124 39 Jabs
12:01 AM ET NHL players that are due signing bonuses on July 1 are expected to be paid as scheduled, a source confirmed to ESPN. There is more than $300 million due to be paid to players on Wednesday, with the Toronto Maple Leafs leading the league with roughly $60 million owed. Contracts structured with
1:10 AM ET Steve KimESPN In soundly defeating Sonny Fredrickson over 10 rounds, Alex Saucedo showed that he has made progress under the direction of trainer Pedro Neme, but he’s still a work in progress. Under previous trainer Abel Sanchez, Saucedo had the well-earned reputation of being a fan-friendly, hard-hitting slugger. The problem was that
12:24 AM BST England lock Maro Itoje says the singing of ‘Swing Low, Sweet Chariot’ by fans at Twickenham makes him uneasy but the Rugby Football Union (RFU) should try to educate supporters on its origins rather than ban the popular anthem altogether. The song, believed to have been written by a slave in the
8:31 PM ET In news that was entirely unsurprising, minor league baseball president Pat O’Conner announced Tuesday that this year’s minor league season has been canceled. “These are unprecedented times for our country and our organization as this is the first time in our history that we’ve had a summer without minor-league baseball played,” O’Conner
9:44 PM ET ESPN News Services DENVER — Colorado Rockies general manager Jeff Bridich said he supports Ian Desmond‘s decision to sit out the 2020 season to focus on his young family and help rejuvenate youth baseball in his hometown in Florida. Bridich said he had a pair of recent conversations with the outfielder, who